Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 453

PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 4864, TRAVEL TIME Patek Philippe, Genève, "Travel Time", No. 3083356, case No. 4076525, Ref. 4864. Made in the 2000s. Very fine, two-time-zone, water-resistant, 18K pink gold lady's wristwatch with 3 cabochon sapphire-set crowns and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped ribbed bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal, the crown at 3 is for time-setting and winding, the pusher at 8 activates the local time jump-hour forwards by one hour at a time, the second pusher at 10 activates the same hand backwards. D. White with applied pink gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds at 6 and the 24-hours second time zone at 12. Black oxydized gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 215 PS, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 29 mm. Thickness 8 mm.